The project seeks to understand how the financial regulation of large scale cash transactions negatively impacts Indigenous communities. As well as, the time and cost associated with the regulatory burden of tracking large scale transactions for small, Indigenous credit unions. The partner organization, Me-Dian Credit Union, will benefit from cost savings and regulatory changes by […]

3Common is a social scheduling application that looks to solve the problem of scheduling and finding activities ideas within our users’ social lives. This tool will be like a Microsoft teams’ group where you can view your friends’ schedules, send invites, track RSVP’s, retain event details, and see which events your friends are attending. In […]

Manitoba has an opportunity to transform agriculture practices through advances in sensors, robotics, and machine learn-ing. Real-time, automated methods of in-field data collection are needed to increase productivity and sustainability in production agriculture, to expedite plant breeding and research, and to further the uptake of organic farming. To this end, we are developing a self-propelled, […]

The market has been building momentum in its demand for ESG reporting from businesses. Regulation is on the verge of being introduced (i.e. recent announcements from the SEC) that will require this reporting from businesses. The project will gather information in order to define and educate about ESG at an introductory level for educational and […]

In the Canadian boreal forest region habitat fragmentation due to linear disturbances (roads, seismic explora-tion, pipelines, and energy transmission corridors) is a leading cause for the decline of wood-land caribou (Rangifer tarandus) – boreal population; and as a result, a deep understanding of linear disturbances (amount, spatial distribution, dynamics) has become a research and forest […]

The first objective that I will be working on is understanding the intake forms and processes. I will learn from my supervisors how they fill out the forms when meeting new women. Intake forms are important to ensure that they are accepting women who are willing and wanting to get help. That being said, it […]

Career Trek is a registered charity whose goal is to educate, help, and inspire youth to access education, employment, and life-long learning opportunities through hands-on career exploration, mentorship, and workshops. Career Trek empowers young adults to understand how to get where they want to be and gives them tools for success, such as skill development […]

Sara Riel wants to improve organizational support to newcomers to Manitoba with their mental health needs. “Past studies suggest that immigrants, generally, arrive in Canada with better self-perceived mental health than Canadians, but it declines after a period of time (Salami, 2017).” This has deteriorated further during the Pandemic. (Stats Can). There are linguistic and […]

This a research proposal for the project I will be doing at The Immigration Center. By the end of my internship, I would have completed a Settlement Package and Settlement Outreach Project that would be used by new comers and the organisation to reach as many new comers.

This project was developed to attend to Merchant’s Corner Inc. (MCI) needs. MCI is a non-profit organization situated in Winnipeg’s Inner-city area that opened in 2018 to support and empower the North End community through housing, community development, and education opportunities. The building was a 20-year in the making community hub that was re-developed and […]

North End Community Renewal Corporation (NECRC) serves the community within the geographic area north of the CP tracks, south of Carruthers Avenue., east of McPhillips Street, and west of the Red River. The mandate of the corporation is to promote the social, economic, and cultural renewal of the North End of Winnipeg. It does this […]

Newcomers Employment and Education Development Services (N.E.E.D.S.) Inc. is a non-profit, charitable organization. The agency was established in 1999 by immigrant and refugee women for newcomers to Canada. The organization enhances the integration of newcomers into Canadian society by providing employment, mentorship, education, and social recreational programs as a means to support clients in the […]